Reel FX has released a new reel showcasing its animation work, including many well-known characters. Watch it on Vimeo.

3D Scan Expert has review Qlone, an app for iOS and Android that use a printable marker to capture models using photogrammetry."Overall the capture process itself is very smooth and the near-instant computation is impressive. But for me, the geometric resolution of most models is too low for many objects. It works fine for very organically shaped objects like pastry and shoes but it doesn’t capture sharp details on the surface of objects well." Read the review in full on the 3D Scan Expert website.

Version 2.0 of LuxCoreRenderer has been released. Previously called LuxRenderer, the new version adds resumable renders, a new CPU-based engine, a new image viewing tool, an environment camera, area lights with variable direction, OpenCL hybrid rendering and much more. (more...)

Reallusion, creators of iClone and CrazyTalk Animator has released Cloud Animator, a new online animation service.

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Bertrand Benoit takes V-Ray Next GPU for a spin in his latest project titled psycho. The scene recreates a gothic structure on the campus of the Charité hospital in Berlin from scan data. Find out more about his experience with GPU rendering, some tricks for fitting large scenes into VRAM plus more information how the project was created on the BB3viz website.

Chaos Group has released a video previewing a new toon shader for Maya. Watch it on YouTube.

RealtimeUK has released a new showreel of their outstanding cinematics work. Watch it on YouTube.

Bforartists (Be for Artists) 1.0 has been released. The project aims to make Blender more user friendly through an improved and updated UX. According to the developers the main differences between Blender and bforartists are as follows: (more...)